Critical Mass: The Noticer by Andy Andrews.
Posted by clay in Critical Mass, Writing SeriesThe Noticer tells the story of a man named Jones who helps people change their perspective and notice small details around them. While written as fiction, the book leans more toward the self-help genre.
Honestly, I didn’t like this book all that much. It seems that the main character, known only as Jones, is just another play on the wizened old sage who knows everything about everything. He goes from situation to situation offering advice to young and old, willing and unwilling.
One thing that really bothered me was that in the second chapter of the book, Andrews writes about Jones helping a couple who are thinking about getting a divorce. During the course of his conversation, Jones presents four ways that couples relate to each other. The problem is that those four are a concise presentation of Gary Smalley’s concepts from The Five Love Languages, almost word for word.
The Noticer Project, which Andrews is starting to coincide with the release of the book, is actually a good idea. Andrews asks that each person “notices” the five people who are most influential in their life. You can read more about this at the project web site or on the Noticer Project Facebook group.
This review was written by a Thomas Nelson Book Review Blogger.
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